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Chen Xiao said that this year's championship is definitely not his last championship.

Such a declaration is really quite bold.

Because the blind can see that the Warriors are indeed a little weak now. They played the Cavaliers in the finals. If it wasn't for Devin Booker's explosion, the Warriors' finals this year might have been explained.

If this year’s finals do not meet the Cavaliers, but the Bucks, who are very close in tactics to the Warriors but are younger, the Warriors are probably going to send it as well.

Let's just put it this way, after this year's finals, Chen Xiao, Wade and Ron Howard are one year older. For the future of this Warriors team, even die-hard Warriors fans are not that much. high expectations.

"The Warriors have completed four consecutive championships. We have no other pursuits. Now we just want to retire with them!"

This is the voice of most Warriors fans, Chen Xiao fans, Wade fans and Roger fans.

For them, Devin Booker's explosion in this year's finals is a very big accident. The future Warriors, even if they can never get a championship, they can be considered satisfied.

To them…

"From now on, every game of the three, regardless of outcome, will be our own championship moment."

Every game, regardless of victory or defeat, is a championship that belongs to the Marquette Three Eagles fans.

"And for the entire NBA, after this championship, Marquette will not lose to anyone again, the only thing that can beat them is time!"

In short, for the current Warriors team, this team has graduated.

After the championship, the fans of the Warriors also ushered in the championship parade carnival for the fourth consecutive year.

After the championship parade, the Warriors fans were still proudly surfing the Internet, expressing their incredible excitement at this time.

As a consultant for the Warriors, Jerry West, he was racking his brains thinking about the draft.

The 2018 draft was an undisputed draft year.

In such a draft year, any draft pick is precious.

The Warriors have three draft picks this year, two in the first round and one in the second round.

The first round was the Warriors' own first-round 30th overall pick and Menglong's first-round 19th overall pick.

The Menglong team's 19th pick in the first round was acquired in the trade of Dragic that year.

For an extremely experienced trader, Jerry West, of course, knows that in a draft year, the best operation is to change the change for the whole.

Of course, most managers in the NBA are smart people, so the real good money is not so easy to change. In the draft year, you want to change the top ten picks. These two first rounds are to do not reach.

So, it can only be considered on the edge of the lotto.

After all, many teams will feel that the strength of the four or five players on the edge of the lottery is similar, and the quality of players that can be selected with the 14th and 19th picks is similar, so they are willing to have one more first-round pick.

And such transactions need to see the eyes of the trader.

It's up to you to find a true hero among the four, five or six lottery edge players.

That's the case with Jerry West, who would trade his two first-round picks for a near-lottery pick if there was such a real hero.

If not, then naturally he will not change.

And he needs a very short time to judge the present and future of these young people without much trial training materials.

It's really not an easy job.

Ahead of the draft, the final version of the NBA's draft projections is largely set.

This year's draft has three favorites.

'Little Admiral' Andre Ayton from the University of Arizona, as a big center modeled after the Admiral, is very popular in this era of smaller and smaller balls. In the NCAA, he can Averaged 19.5 points, 10.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.8 blocks per game, and he can also shoot three-pointers, with a three-point shooting rate of nearly 35%.

Such offensive and defensive versatility, coupled with excellent physical talent, makes him considered by many experts to be the perfect center for the NBA entering the small-ball era.

It is precisely for this reason that he ranks first in all versions of draft predictions, beating center Gao Bo from China and defender Doncic from Europe.

Speaking of Gao Bo in second place, this Chinese center is no stranger to scouts and experts in the United States. The 19-year-old young center has won 3 championships, 3 MVPs, 3 CBA titles FMVP, just like Yao Ming back then, has dominated the CBA, and when the time comes, he will come to the NBA.

Moreover, before coming to the NBA, Gao Bo was in the Club World Cup and also appeared in the Olympic Games, and he has performed very well.

Gao Bo's draft template is Yao Ming, but he is 10 cm shorter than Yao Ming's height, but his wingspan is extremely high, exceeding 2.30 meters, and like Yao Ming, he has a very high ball quotient and is also very good at offense. Moreover, his master is Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao's apprentice. In the NBA, there is no water. The most watery little Curry is also a pile of championship rings.

So, for the sake of Gobbler, the Heat's Pat Riley is really crazy. Last season, he was crazy.

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After Paul George left the Heat, Pat Laili did not make any additions to the team, so he went straight to the swing.

No way, the whole world knows how much Pat Laley loves Yao Ming.

When Yao Ming retired, it was rumored that Pat Lilly cried.

For many Heat fans, they will always complain. The two gods of the Heat back then, Yao Ming, was Pat Laley's biological father, and Wade was just a godson.

It can be seen that Pat Laley's obsession with center superstars, especially the obsession with Chinese centers who can become superstars.

Now that Gao Bo is here, as long as Atlanta does not choose Gao Bo, then the Heat must be Gao Bo.

After Gao Bo, the third place is of course Luka Doncic, "the first perimeter genius in European history".

The 19-year-old, like Gaubb who dominates Asia, has proven himself in the Champions League and European Championships.

Especially the Champions League. At the age of 19, he took Real Madrid to the Champions League and La Liga, and he became the youngest MVP in the history of the Champions League.

To be fair, in a professional league on a continent, it's unbelievable that two 19-year-old players can show such terrifying dominance.

You know, basketball in Europe and Asia is not far behind in this time and space.

So the performance of Gao Bo and Doncic really shocked NBA scouts and management.

But in such a shocking situation, neither of them are the top picks, which shows that the scouts and management here in the NBA still have some doubts about the two.

The crux of the doubt is, of course, that neither of them seem to have that strong physical talent.

Although Gao Bo's athletic talent is better than Yao Ming's, he is really incomparable to those black people in the United States, and Gao Bo is as thin as Yao Ming. It has been two seasons since Zhou Qi came to the NBA, and his flesh has not increased, so the problem is coming. Can Gao Bo raise the meat?

After rising up, can you maintain enough athletic ability, can you maintain enough injury resistance?

All this is unknown.

Compared with Gao Bo's being too thin, Doncic's problem is that he is too fat and too mature.

Just like many senior players with excellent NCAA statistics and average talent, Doncic's style of play is rarely mature, very mature, and his body is also very mature. In addition, his athletic ability is average, which makes people suspect that he has arrived. Will the NBA just lose water because the opponent gets stronger?

Many people even say that Doncic is more likely to fall out of the water than Gao Bo.

Considering the disadvantage of the two, it is normal that the two are not as perfect as Ayton, who is perfect in every way.

After all, the person they are pressing is Marvin Bagley, who has the NCAA 'James and Durant combination'. Bagley's performance in the NCAA is too top. With a height of 2.11 meters, he has good physical fitness. , confrontation, speed, and shooting are all very prominent. It is known as James' physical quality and defense, Durant's height and offense, which combines the advantages of James and Durant perfectly. This season at Duke University, he averaged Can get 21.4 points, 11.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.0 blocks, and hit 60%.

If it weren't for Gao Bo and Doncic, Bagley's performance would be the second person in this year's draft.

Of course, these four players are the first-round players in this year's draft.

Of these four players, Jerry West is impossible to get.

After all, these four people are known as the four fairies in this year's draft conference. Many people say that these four people collided together. If they didn't collide, all four of them could get the top pick in the draft.

And after these four, this year's fairy-level draft, the second-level players are.

The fifth-ranked Michigan State University's Jaren Jackson is a 2.11-meter all-rounder with strong offense and defense. He averaged 11.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 3.5 blocks per game in the NCAA this season. Below these data , and 44 percent from three-point range.

Just this block, this height, and these three-pointers, let's just put it this way, if the four idols in front were not too strong, Jaren Jackson Jr. is actually a champion who can compete for the top spot.

After all, this is Mutombo who can shoot 3-pointers.

Especially in this era of small balls.

Michael Porter, who is ranked sixth, is also a former champion. Although the injury has affected his market, he claims to be able to play five positions, attack, defend and organize. He is second from James because of injuries. The reason turned out to be Paul George second.

Michael Porter Jr.…

Jerry West's eyes paused on the young all-around forward.

Of course he knew about this once-strongest genius in the United States, and he did not have any shortcomings.

It's a perfect fit for the Warriors.

Even, the Warriors are also likely to get him.

Don't look at his prediction of the sixth overall pick, however, because he is likely to miss the entire season next season due to back surgery, which will keep his draft stock down.

His injury is too special. It's not a 'minor injury' like a short leg or a back injury, but it's a killer of athletes. Just think about the wheat in history.

If you really want to choose him, this is really a gamble on the future.

If you win the bet, then you really get a top talent.

Losing the bet would be a real waste of talent in addition to the high lottery picks who missed out on the draft year.

Therefore, although Porter predicts that the ranking is high, it may not be able to match the talents behind him.

In the NCAA averaged 13.0 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.3 blocks per game Mutombo Jr., Bamba.

This season, the NCAA averaged 29.9 points, 4.0 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 1.8 steals for Curry and Trae Young.

In the NCAA season, he averaged 14.4 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game, with a shooting rate of 61.3% and a three-point shooting rate of 46.4%. Horford Jr., Wendell Carter.

And these three, plus the previous Jaren Jackson Jr. and Michael Porter Jr., are the five second-round players in this year's draft.

These nine people are all players who have the potential to become stars or even superstars in the future.

Therefore, the top 8 picks in this year's draft are extremely valuable.

And the players in the third quarter of this year's draft are actually very good.

This season, he averaged 16.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.2 blocks per game in the NCAA. A perfect 3D player with a three-point shooting rate of 42.3%, Xiao Kelai Thompson and Mikal Bridges.

Miles Bridges, who averaged 17.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.0 blocks per game in the NCAA this season.

And after that, Wen Knox, Colin Sexton, Lonnie Walker, Robert Williams, Xie Yin Gilgeous-Alexander, Troyin Brown , Di Wenqin left, Zayin Er - Smith, and NCAA scoring champion, Kobe Bryant's successor Jerome - Robinson.

These 11 people can be said to be the third-tier players in this year's draft. Although their talents are not so outstanding, it is difficult to be a star player, but they have more or less outstanding shining points.

And such a flash point can make it possible for them to complete a qualitative change in the NBA.

Of course, among these 11 people, two Bridges must be slightly higher than one and a half.

Therefore, in this year's draft, the top ten picks cannot be traded.

But the draft picks from 11th onward are all valuable.

Depends on what the Warriors pay.

Seriously, after seeing as many as nine players on the edge of the third lottery, Jerry West felt that he seemed to be at a loss for two picks for one.

Maybe there is a better way of doing it?

After all, there are so many amazing rookies in this year's draft, and it seems a pity to miss it like this.

As a team that has just won the championship, although the Warriors' draft picks are not that high, many players in the Warriors are the sweet pastry of many teams.

Thinking of this, Jerry West made up an idea.

Of course, such a decision will naturally be communicated with Chen Xiao.

And when Jerry West said that he wanted to participate in this year's Fairy Draft, Chen Xiao was of course shocked.

After being shocked, Chen Xiao expressed his support again.

Because he can feel that this year's draft is likely to affect whether he will have an 11th championship in his career.